Leena N Kulakkunnath

Phone: +1-732-***-****

abgqwd@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE:

Software Quality Assurance professional with 7.5yrs of experience in

financial services, information services and entertainment domains who is

able to work on own initiative and as part of a team. Proven IT QA

leadership ability involving managing, developing and motivating teams to

achieve team's objectives. Good analytical, design and problem solving

skills. Dedicated to maintaining high quality standards.

QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS:

. Highly motivated and innovative professional with 7.5 years of

software QA experience

. Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE) and ISTQB Foundation

certified

. Experience in Test Management involving estimating project QA cost,

scheduling and tracking QA activities, team management, preparing Test

Strategy.

. Dynamic blend of software development and testing experience

. Hands-on experience in Quality Center and LoadRunner and working

knowledge of QTP

. Expertise in Mainframe Technologies such as COBOL, JCL, SAS, DB2, and

EasyTrieve

. Expertise in financial services, information services and

entertainment domains

. University Gold Medalist of the class 2001 Master of Technology, Anna

University, India

. Athlete with a good track record in triple jump, high jump and

hurdles; participated and won medals at various national and state

level events

. Winner of Best Outgoing Sports Person award at high school and

university levels

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Degree University / Board Year of CGPA

Passing

Master of Technology (Textile Anna University - 2001 9.2

Technology) Chennai, India

Bachelor of Technology Anna University - 1999 7.5

(Textile Technology) Chennai, India

REWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Award Month / Year Awarded

Award for training entry level 2004

associates at Cognizant

Star Award and Best Project Award at Sep 2006, Jul 2007 and

Infosys Q1 FY '08

Best Performer Award at Steria Apr 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

1. Steria India Limited, Aug '2008 to May '2009

Projects MMS and Securities Testing

Client Leading bank in the UK

Role Test Manager

Responsibilities Analyze business requirements and estimate project

QA cost

Schedule and track QA activities and deliverables

(QA project plan)

Manage testing team and the QA project

Interface with client and third-party vendors

Prepare high level test strategy

Plan resources, test environment, test data and

tools

Collect and report application quality and process

effectiveness metrics

Implement of quality processes and conduct quality

audits

Software Ingres, Open Road, Mainframes

Tools Used Quality Center

2. Infosys Technologies Limited, India, Dec '2004 to Oct '2007

Projects VSIMS and Clarity - for a leading US bank

HETCMS AC Interfaces and Reports - for an

entertainment leader in the US

FIRC QA - for a leading global investment bank

Roles Team Lead and Test Analyst

Responsibilities Analyze business requirements and estimate QA

effort

Manage QA teams (planning, scheduling and tracking)

Prepare test strategy and test plan

Prepare test scenarios

Review testing deliverables

Monitor and report progress

Facilitate defects management

Manage production support testing

Design and implement quality improvement

initiatives

Software Java, Oracle, AS/400, RPG/400, CLLE, SQL

Tools Used Quality Center, QTP

3. Cognizant Technology Solutions, India, Apr '2002 to Nov '2004

Projects Scoring Application Services, RTB Application -

Credit Card Encryption, Supplier Watch, Portfolio

Management - Customer Watch, ePortfolio - Renewals,

ePortfolio, SBRI - Unmatched Data and Project

Management Office

Client Leading global information services firm

Role Team Lead and Test Analyst

Responsibilities Analyze business requirements and create functional

design specification

Prepare test strategy and test plan

Schedule and track QA activities

Prepare status and metrics reports

Perform configuration and defects management

Participate in database design

Code and unit test

Execute integration and system testing (mainframe

and web)

Execute load testing using LoadRunner

Software COBOL, EASYTRIEVE, SAS, DB2, JCL, Java with XML &

XSL, JSP and SQL Server

Tools Test Director and LoadRunner

4. Symbiosys Software, India, Apr '2001 to Mar '2002

Project MedIt

Role Test Engineer

Responsibilities Create integration and system test plans

Execute integration, regression, smoke and system

test cases

Report test results and defects

Software VB, MS Access and In-house test report generator

tool.

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